TY - JOUR
T1 - A Proposal for the Improvement of Mental Health Service Delivery to Barrators, Contemnors and the Courts That Have to Deal with Them
AU - O'Toole, Suzanne
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - The temporary deprivation of liberty may be necessary to achieve order in the courts. However, imprisonment can have serious impacts on people with mental health problems, and for that reason it should be avoided if alternative dispositions can be made. Where should we strike a balance between liberty and detention when a querulous litigant is disrupting court processes?.
AB - The temporary deprivation of liberty may be necessary to achieve order in the courts. However, imprisonment can have serious impacts on people with mental health problems, and for that reason it should be avoided if alternative dispositions can be made. Where should we strike a balance between liberty and detention when a querulous litigant is disrupting court processes?.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84868706752&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13218719.2011.615820
DO - 10.1080/13218719.2011.615820
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84868706752
SN - 1321-8719
VL - 19
SP - 720
EP - 734
JO - Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
JF - Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
IS - 5
ER -